Object (computer science)

programming element that groups data with relevant operations/behaviors

In computer programming, an iterator is an object that progressively provides access to each item of a collection, in order.

object that is a concrete manifestation of a class in software development

object whose state cannot be modified after it is created

type of software test double whose behavior is specified by the test

programming term

term in programming language design

method in computer programming of forming higher-level object types

creation of a copy of an object in memory (in software programming)

In computer science, a metaobject is an object that manipulates, creates, describes, or implements objects (including itself). The object that the metaobject pertains to is called the base object. Some information that a metaobject might define includes the base object's type, interface, class, methods, attributes, parse tree, etc. Metaobjects are examples of the computer science concept of reflection, where a system has access (usually at run time) to its own internal structure. Reflection enables a system to essentially rewrite itself on the fly, to alter its own implementation as it execute

in programming, the period of time between an object's creation and its destruction

programming construct allowing an object to be invoked or called as if it were an ordinary function, usually with the same syntax

object that represents a simple entity whose equality is not based on identity